Sewing-machine table



May 10, 1949. c. A. KESSLER 2,469,968

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The Singer Manufacturing Company,

J., assignor to Elizabeth,

N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application November 28, 1945, SerialNo. 631,336

7 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in sewing machine tables and moreparticularly relates to the upper or supporting surfaces thereof.

Heretofore, much effort has been expended toward increasing the speed atwhich sewing machines will operate, but insufficient consideration hasbeen given to providing a sewing machine table that will not only allowthe operator optimum comfort but which will also make it possible forthe operator to do a maximum amount of work. Therefore, it is animportant object of the present invention to provide a new and improvedsewing machine table.

Another object of the invention is to provide a new and improved sewingmachine table which will give the operator optimum comfort and at thesame time permit her to have a better view of the work at the stitchingpoint.

A further object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedsewing machine table-top with upper supporting surfaces that will allowthe operator the greatest amount of comfort and at the same timefacilitate the handling of the work before, during, and after the sewingoperation.

Other important objects of the invention will become apparent from thefollowing description and appended claims.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, of which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a sewing machine mounted on thenew and improved table,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the sewing machine and table shown in Fig. 1,and

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the sewing machine and a portion ofthe table as seen in the direction of the arrow 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring in detail to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, a sewingmachine I is shown supported on a new and improved table-top II, and aunitary electric motor and power transmitter I2 is shown carried on theunder side of the said tabletop. The table-top II is supported by a pairof end-frames having adjustable legs l3. Braces which include a back barl4 and a pair of short bars |6 are secured between the various legs I3.A tube ll carried by the bars l6 rockably supports a treadle l8 whichacting through a rod l9 may be employed for controlling effectiveoperation of the transmitter 2 in a manner well known in the art.

Various types of sewing machines with either a vertical or inclinedbracket-arm may be mounted on the above mentioned table-top. However,the sewing machine In shown in the illustrated embodiment has aninclined bed 2| and a vertically positioned overhanging bracket-arm 2.2.The bracket-arm 22 is provided with the usual sewing machine mechanismsincluding a combination belt-pulley and hand-wheel 23, stitch regulator24, tension device 26, presser-bar 28, face plate 29, needle bar 3|, andpresser-foot 32. The sewing machine bed 2| is fastened to the table-topII in a known manner by means of a pair of hinges 33.

The illustrated unitary electric motor and power transmitter I2 issimilar to that shown and described in the U. S. Patent of W. J. Peetset al., No. 2,004,055. The transmitter l2 among other items is providedwith the usual supporting frames 34 and 36, a motor 31, a clutch (notshown) a clutch-guard 38, a clutch operating arm 39, pulley 4| andpulley shield 42. The motor-transmitter l2 drives the pulley 4|, whichin turn drives a belt 43 and the sewing machine In.

The new and improved table-top includes a main horizontal member 44,having horizontally disposed left and right supporting surfaces 46 and41, respectively. The surface 41 provides a convenient support fortools, and the surface 46 provides a support for unfinished work.Intermediate the surfaces 46 and 41, the table-top is built up locallyto provide three sloping supporting surfaces 48, 49 and 5|. The surface48 is upwardly inclined from the front toward the rear of the table andprovides a support for the sewing machine bed 2|. The surface 49declines toward the rear of the sewing machine table and therebyfacilitates gravitation of the work down this surface. The surface 5|,located between the left horizontal surface 46 and the sewing machineIn, slopes upwardly from the surface 46 and blends into the surfaces 48and 49, thereby facilitating the movement of work from the surface 46 tothe sewing machine. The sloping surface 5| also provides a convenientsupport for the left arm of the sewing machine operator.

As indicated, the three sloping surfaces 48, 49 and 5| blend into oneanother by means of smoothly rounded edges. The surface 48 merges intothe surface 49 by way of a horizontally extending rounded edge 52 spacedslightly rearwardly from the hinges 33 and disposed substantiallyparallel to the front edg of the bedplate 2|. The surface 5| merges intothe surfaces 48 and 49 by way of sloping rounded edges 53 and 54,respectively; the apex of the obtuse angle formed by the edges 53 and 5dmerging smoothly into the edge 52 at a location indicated by the number56. It will also be noted that the lowermost edges of the slopingsurfaces 48, 49, and 5| are provided with rounded portions 51, 5B and59, respectively.

In thev operation ofthe sewing machine, the improved sewing machinetable is used in the following manner. An operator, sitting in front ofthe sewing machine table, places her feet on:- the treadle It. Thehorizontal surface it to the left of the operator may serve as a supportfor the work. The horizontal surface-till to theright of the operatorwill support any tools, suchas scissors, etc., that the operator maydesire. to: have at hand. With the left hand, the operator shoves orslides a work-article from the horizontal surface 46 over the roundededge 53 upthe sloping surface 5i past the rounded edge 53 and thencetothe sewing position in the vicinity of theneedle and presser-foot 32;During the sewijng; operation, the left, arm of'the operator willcomfortably rest. on the upward sloping surface 5L. After a piecehas-beensewed, article will be. moved from. the .se ing machine past therounded edge 52 and onto tne declining surface; 39.. As soon asthe.piece is on the surface 49;,the force of gravity combined, with anyslight, vibration of the sewing machine table functions, to move thepiece down the surface and, out of. theway of other pieces, that are tofollow. This makes itv unnecessary for the openet'or to continuallyshove and push finished pieces towardtherear of; the sewing table, as isnecessary in prior art constructions. In this connection it will benoted that the inclined. surface 48,,inclined bed' 2], and thevertically positionedbracket-arm 22 cooperate to make the sewing pointeasily visible to the operator.

Erom. the foregoing it will be perceived that this-invention hasprovided a new and oved table-top for sewing machine tables which,greatly facilitates.movement-cf work. to, and from the sewing machine,provides the operator proper view. of. the. sewing operation, andalsoallows. theoperator to work. in a position that is comfortable andtherefore not tiring.

Having, thus set forth, the nature. of. the in vention, what, I claimherein is:

1., In, a table, for a sewing. machine, a, tabletop comprising a firstsupporting surface of extended area, inclined upwardly from the fronttoward the reari of the table and arranged to sup port the completesewing machine, a second supporting surface of extended area decliningtowardthe-rear of thetable and arranged-to facilitatev movement of workaway from the sewing machine, and a third supporting surface of extendedarea sloping upwardly from the-left side of the table, said thirdsurface being so constructed and arranged as to facilitate the movementof work toward, the sewing machine-and to support-the left arm of anoperator.

' 22 In a table for a sewing. machine, a horizontally disposedtable-top, a plurality of legs for supporting the. said table-top,andaplurality 0f.b.uilt.up,supporting surfaces ofextended areapositionedlatlan intermediate point on the upper the finished surface ofthe said table-top; one of the said supporting surfaces being inclinedupwardly from the front toward the rear of the table for supporting acomplete sewing machine, a second of the said supporting surfacesdeclined toward the rear of the table to facilitate movement of workaway from the sewing machine, and a third surface sloping upwardly fromthe left side of the table and arranged to facilitate the movement ofWOi'k toward the sewing machine.

3. In a sewing machine table that includes supporting legs, a table-top,a built up portion of the said tabletop. having a surface of extendedarea that inclines upwardly from the front toward the rear thereof andwhich built up portion is capable of: supporting a complete sewingmachine, a built up portion of the said table-top having a surface ofextended area that declines to the rear thereof beyond the sewingmachine, the improvement which comprises the provision of a built upportion of the saidrtable-top having a surface of extended area thatslopes upwardly from the left side thereof.

4. Ina table for a sewing machine, a table-top comp-rising a firstsupporting surface of of ended area, inclined upwardly from the fronttoward the rear of the table and constructed and arranged to support asewing machine, a second supporting surface of extended area decliningtoward the rear. of the tableand constructed and arranged to facilitatemovement of work away from the sewing machine, and a, third supportingsurface of extended areael'opi'ng upwardly from the left side of thetable, constructed and arranged to facilitate the movement of worktoward the sewing machine and to support the left arm of an operator;the said firstsupporting surface merging with the said'second supportingsurface by way of ahorizontally extending rounded edge, and the saidthird supporting surface merging, with the said first and secondsupporting surfaces by way of. inclined rounded, edges.

5. In a sewing machine table that includes supporting.legs,,a table-top,a first built up portion of the said table-top having a surface ofextended area that inclines upwardly from the front to L the rearthereof, and a second built up pc on of .the said table-tophavingasurface of extended areathat declines tostherear thereof the in;-

provement which comprises the provision of a built up portion ofv thesaid table-top having a surface of extended area that slopes upwardlyfrom theleftside thereof, and which merges into the said' first andsecond built up portions by means of: sloping rounded edges;

6. A table-top for sewing machines comprising a plurality of differentlysloping work supporting surfaces of extended area; androundededgesarranged to merge the saidsloping surfaces smoothly into one another;one of the said merging edges being spaced slightly rearwardly andparallel to the rearedgeof. the sewing machine, and another of theedges, being spaced. to the. left of and at an angle with the saidsewing machine.

arranged asto facilitate movement cfwork away from the. sewing machine,and .a third supporting surface of extended area sloping upwardly from 5the left side of the table, so constructed and arranged as to facilitatethe movement of work toward the sewing machine and to support the leftarm of an operator; the said first supporting surface merging with thesaid second supporting surface by way of a first horizontally extendingrounded edge, and the said third supporting surface merging with thesaid first and second supporting surfaces by way of second and thirdinclined rounded edges respectively; the first edge being spacedslightly rearwardly from the back edge of the sewing machine, the secondedge being spaced to the left of the sewing machine, and the third edgebeing spaced rearwardly of the second edge.

CHARLES A. KESSLER.

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